Author(s):
Louise Fox
,
Alun Thomas
, and
Cleary Haines

Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND

Publication Date:
07
April
2017

ISBN: 9781475583397

Structural transformation in output and employment in sub-Saharan Africa has become a major concern of development economists. This is because analysis of past trends suggests that while the output transform...

Author(s):
Louise Fox
,
Alun Thomas
, and
Cleary Haines

Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND

Publication Date:
07
April
2017

ISBN: 9781475583397

This chapter uses the previously developed output and employment projections and analyzes what they mean for medium-term structural transformation in sub-Saharan Africa. The methodology for the projections i...

Publication Date:
24
August
2016

ISBN: 9781513563541

Sub-Saharan African countries have in general run procyclical fiscal policies since 2000. This is not surprising in light of the fact that the majority of them are low-income and/or resource-dependent econom...

Publication Date:
24
August
2016

ISBN: 9781513563541

Excessively procyclical fiscal policy can be harmful. This paper investigates to what extent the fiscal policies of sub-Saharan African countries were procyclical in recent years and the reasons for the degree of f...

Publication Date:
24
August
2016

ISBN: 9781513563541

Excessively procyclical fiscal policy can be harmful. This paper investigates to what extent the fiscal policies of sub-Saharan African countries were procyclical in recent years and the reasons for the degree of f...